Many old people will find themselves paralyzed. Maybe they didn't pay special attention to this phenomenon. In fact, this is also a danger signal, probably caused by disease. Of course, if you take a variety of drugs during this process, it may lead to side effects and paralysis of hands and feet. Old people sometimes have numbness in their hands and feet. This phenomenon is a dangerous signal. Probably suffering from diabetes or high blood pressure. Once this phenomenon occurs, it will indeed bring some inconvenience to everyone's life, but there are also many health risks, so it must be changed as soon as possible. What should the elderly do with paralysis of hands and feet?

There are many reasons for the numbness of hands and feet in the elderly. The common causes are stroke, diabetes, cervical spondylosis, peripheral neuritis, improper posture and drug influence. Stroke: It is a common cause, which is found in cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, numbness of one hand and foot, often accompanied by dizziness, hemiplegia and other symptoms. Diabetes: Due to poor blood sugar control, patients will have numbness of hands and feet, accompanied by excessive thirst, urination, overeating, weight loss and other symptoms.

Cervical spondylosis: Hand numbness is one of the common symptoms due to the compression of local blood vessels and nerve tissues in the neck. Most of them are accompanied by local neck pain and limited activities, and many people have long-term office history. Peripheral neuritis: Long-term digestive dysfunction and malnutrition can lead to vitamin B 1 deficiency and numbness of hands and feet. Improper posture: In our daily life, some improper postures oppress peripheral blood vessels and nerves, which will also numb hands and feet. This numbness exists for a short time, and the symptoms can gradually disappear after changing posture. Drug action: Excessive dosage of common gentamicin will cause numbness of limbs and lips. Once the hands and feet are numb, you need to go to a regular hospital in time and carry out standardized treatment under the guidance of a doctor.

If you suffer from gastrointestinal diseases for a long time, coupled with the lack of protein and vitamins, it may lead to nutritional metabolism disorder and slow down nerve conduction. It is more likely to cause the nerve roots of patients to be damaged, so there will be numbness in hands and feet. Old people usually need to strengthen their diet to make it easy to digest and promote absorption. Keeping the same action for a long time will lead to insufficient blood circulation. Of course, for many middle-aged and elderly people, it may be due to disc herniation and cervical spondylosis, but in addition to paralysis of hands and feet, it will also be accompanied by neck and shoulder muscle pain and may even lead to a stroke.